A Shreveport resident shoots his Springfield XD Sub-Compact 9mm at a paper target on the indoor range at Shooters USA in Bossier City recently.

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Michael Doughty
mdoughty@gannett.com

The Times article featuring Elzie Pipkins, a 63-year-old grandmother who defended her Shreveport home against a shotgun-wielding robber, is garnering nationwide attention on social media, pulling in nearly 175,000 views since its publication Tuesday.

Pipkins was forced at gunpoint into the back of her house in the 3000 block of Morningside Drive by Devon Antonio Young, a teen who demanded that she open her safe. Pipkins kept a small amount of change and a firearm in the safe and used the weapon against the 16-year-old, ultimately taking his life.